Thursday, March 18, 2004

My Life with God

God is so unpredictable. And I am so amazed of His ingenuity and in awe of His power. Life with God is like having your puzzle pieces (which you never thought could fit) put together to show a bigger picture. And that is how my life with God is. There are many incidents in my life that one could never imagine God having a part of it and when I put all these incidents together - I see the whole picture. I see His plan for me, but of course not THE complete plan. Why? Simply because I am not God. But I put my trust in Him that He wants the best for me. :) As what they always say, "God writes straight with crooked lines"

I love Psalm 139 because it relates to some points of my life which I have tried to hide from Him by excluding Him from my life, but He found me and welcomed me back to His kingdom. Praise God. :)

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PSALM 139

O LORD , you have searched me
and you know me.
You know when I sit and when I rise;
you perceive my thoughts from afar.
You discern my going out and my lying down;
you are familiar with all my ways.
Before a word is on my tongue
you know it completely, O LORD .

You hem me in-behind and before;
you have laid your hand upon me.
Such knowledge is too wonderful for me,
too lofty for me to attain.

Where can I go from your Spirit?
Where can I flee from your presence?
If I go up to the heavens, you are there;
if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
If I rise on the wings of the dawn,
if I settle on the far side of the sea,
even there your hand will guide me,
your right hand will hold me fast.

If I say, "Surely the darkness will hide me
and the light become night around me,"
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
the night will shine like the day,
for darkness is as light to you.

For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my mother's womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Were I to count them,
they would outnumber the grains of sand.
When I awake,
I am still with you.

If only you would slay the wicked, O God!
Away from me, you bloodthirsty men!
They speak of you with evil intent;
your adversaries misuse your name.
Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD ,
and abhor those who rise up against you?
I have nothing but hatred for them;
I count them my enemies.

Search me, O God, and know my heart;
test me and know my anxious thoughts.
See if there is any offensive way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting.

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Lord I love You. Keep me close to You always.

Amen.

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